The Guillermo Del Toro produced remake of 1973 TV horror movie
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark has now been picked up by a distributor. FilmDistrict have picked up the US distribution rights.
Also after months of limbo, the movie has gotten a release date. August 12th, 2011 is the new release date for the film after originally planning for a January release announced back during Comic-Con.
Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, the young girl discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion's builder a century ago. When Sally unwittingly lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house’s bottomless depths, she must convince Alex and Kim that it’s not a fantasy—before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all.